SB2022012051 - Denial of service in BIG-IP SSL Forward Proxy
Published: January 20, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022012051
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23016)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in when processing TLS 1.3 traffic in BIG-IP SSL Forward Proxy. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the affected device and cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.